That would probably be the simplest solution, since it's so simple to enter the Insert mode when coming back to the tab.
-Andrei On Apr 27, 4:22 pm, Ben Fritz <fritzophre...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday, April 27, 2012 4:45:29 PM UTC-5, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > I originally noticed this in MacVim, but turns out this happens in the > > terminal as well. If you have two tabs open and enter the Insert mode > > in one, then switch to the other tab (by clicking on it in GUI, for > > example), the Insert mode is still active. This wreaks havoc when I'm > > editing something and want to quickly switch to the other tab to > > search/look up/etc, because the Normal mode keystrokes get inserted > > into the buffer. > > > Any workarounds for this? > > How about just always leaving insert mode when leaving the current tab page? > > autocmd TabLeave * stopinsert -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php